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A RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI ‘CHRYSANTHEMUM
MEDALLION’ BOWLS

YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN DOUBLE SQUARES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)

Each is delicately decorated on the exterior with five 楁㷗Ἓ⢓⼿炻2000⸜10㚰31㖍炻㉵⑩906嘇

chrysanthemum medallions comprising three large blooms amid 櫍⼑⛀卲䙴䁢ㆸ⊾㛅櫍⼑䙴栆ᷳ⎵⑩炻㛔㉵⑩㬋㗗ầ多ㆸ⊾
⍇✳侴忈炻⎗⍫侫˪ㆸ䩗怢䍵˫炻楁㷗炻1993⸜炻枩326炻⚾
leafy tendrils, divided by lotus sprigs, finely enamelled in iron red C119ˤ晵㬋櫍⼑⛀卲䲳䙴ᶨ凔ℏ⡩⃱䳈炻㚠暁⚰⸜㫦炻⤪㬌
㉵⑩ℏ⡩梦Ḽ晣䣔䲭圁圈⍲㚠暁㕡㟮⸜㫦炻⍲⢾⡩⛀卲攻≈
on the interior with five bats in flight. 梦咖䲳炻᷎⮯⛀卲攻ᷳㆸ⊾㴟㢈剙㓡䁢咖䲳炻ㆾ䲣晵㬋㛅䁢
叔⢥ᷳ⎱䤍⭻シ侴䈡墥炻⭻シ⸜⸜攟⢥炻㳒䤷滲⣑炻㕤⎴⑩
4 ¡ in. (11.9 cm.) diam. (2) 䧖ᷕ℞ἳ⮍劍㘐㗇ˤ

HK$2,600,000-3,500,000 US$340,000-450,000 ⎗⍫侫㔠ẞℏ⡩⃱䳈䘬ἳ⫸炻⣑㮹㦻䍵啷ᶨ⮵炻叿抬㕤˪⣑
㮹㦻啷䒟˫炻⚾䇰100嘇烊ṯ䃙ᷳ冲啷ᶨ⮵炻1980⸜11㚰25㖍
PROVENANCE 㕤楁㷗喯⭴㭼㉵岋炻㉵⑩132嘇ˤ

Offered at Christie’s Hong Kong, 31 October 2000, lot 906

While bowls with similar decorations are known, it is extremely rare
to find an example decorated to the interior with iron-red bats, as with
the current pair of bowls.

A small number of similar bowls without interior decoration are
published, such as the pair in the Tianminlou Collection illustrated
in Chinese Porcelain, The S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong
Museum of Art, 1987, no. 100; a pair exhibited in Splendour of the Qing
Dynasty, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 173; and a smaller pair from the Edward
Chow Collection sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 25 November 1980,
lot 132.

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